O’Leary will be joined by former Conservative MP Tim Uppal who will moderate the chat. Uppal represented the Edmonton-Sherwood Park riding from 2006 until 2015 when he switched ridings and was defeated by Liberal candidate Amarjeet Sohi in Edmonton-Mill Woods in October 2015.

O’Leary does not have the support of any sitting MPs from Alberta but has gained support from Uppal and former PC MLA Ken Hughes. O’Leary was widely mocked online last year after writing an open letter to Premier Rachel Notley pledging to invest $1 million to Alberta economy if she would resign (it is not known if the letter was sent by O’Leary from his home in Massachusetts).

All i see from the federal Conservatives is more dangerous ideology. Leitch wants to keep immigrants out. Bernier wants to privatize everything. Kenney would have won this thing if he had stepped up.
Get ready for a big Trudeau Liberal re-election win in 2020!

It was supposed to be a bilingual debate so perhaps he was afraid to be seen struggling in French. It would have been really, really bad for O’Leary if Deepak Obhrai appeared to be more fluent in French than him.

He shouldn’t worry too much, it is Edmonton so I don’t think the audience will judge him too harshly on the quality of his French but I suppose embarrassing TV clips could make their way to Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal or maybe even Boston.

The opinions expressed on this blog represent my own and not those of my employer or any organization I may be affiliated with.

In addition, my thoughts and opinions change from time to time. I consider this a necessary consequence of having an open mind. This blog is intended to provide a semi-permanent point in time snapshot and manifestation of the various ideas running around my brain, and as such any thoughts and opinions expressed within out-of-date posts may not the same, nor even similar, to those I may hold today.